Submit Blog Home » Cryptocurrency News » Cryptocurrency News » Biden’s proposed capital gains tax rise will hit only richest 0.3% Biden’s proposed capital gains tax rise will hit only richest 0.3% April 26, 2021 Only 0.3% of taxpayers in the U.S.would be hit by higher levies on their investments under the new capital tax plan, a senior Biden administration official said.
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Following major sell-offs in cryptocurrency markets amid reports of United States President Joe Biden’s capital gains tax rise proposal last week, the Biden administration defended nearly doubling tax levies for only the “very, very richest.”
A senior Biden administration official claimed that only 0.3% of taxpayers in the U.S.would be affected by higher levies on their investments under the new capital tax plan.
“There’s increasing evidence that over recent years in fact many, many of the returns at the very top are what they call above-market rates of return, rents and so on.Taxing the people who are doing extremely well in the economy is one way of asking somewhat more from that,” the Biden administration official said in a Monday interview with the Financial Times.
Under Biden’s plan, the capital gains tax rate for wealthy individuals will rise to 39.6% from the current base rate of 20%.For those earning $1 million or more, the new top rate will be accompanied by an existing surtax, bringing the U.S.capital gains and dividends tax rate to 43.4%.
The Biden administration official noted that the new plan is consistent with Biden’s campaign stance, “which was that we needed to fundamentally reform parts of the code that affect the very, very richest or very highest income Americans.”
Both crypto markets and U.S.stocks experienced major sell-offs following Biden’s proposal amid growing speculation and FUD — feat, uncertainty and doubt — that investors would sell shares before the higher tax rate is adopted.
Bitcoin (BTC) faced heavy selling pressure, leading to its price dropping below the $50,000 support level on Friday, touching a low of $47,500.
The U.S.stock market also saw major losses Thursday before quickly bouncing back.
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